J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Tour to the Alps 1836 > Val d'Aosta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Waterfall in an Alpine Ravine 1836

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Waterfall in an Alpine Ravine’ 1836
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Recto:
A Waterfall in an Alpine Ravine 1836
D29188
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 80
Pencil on white wove paper, 190 x 113 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘80’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘320’, bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIII 80’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page upright, the top of the drawing to the page gutter, this depicts a waterfall in an Alpine ravine with a glimpse of mountains above.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘A Waterfall in an Alpine Ravine 1836 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-waterfall-in-an-alpine-ravine-r1144736, accessed 19 April 2024.